Larry,
You are doing fine out there. I have 7 years of driving and plenty of room
for improvement. You are just two years into the same learning curve.You
also have to remember that it is my old car, kinda like an old glove. The
reason I was able to get there so quickly is that you have done some very
good things with the car. I am very impressed with your car's handling. It
really grips well through the turn, better than my TR4. Even though I am
faster in my TR4, I think that would no longer be true if you tightened up
the steering. My car enters and exits a turn with much more authority than
yours. This has a lot to do with the differences between rack and pinion and
the steering box, but mostly because the rack doesn't wear out. If you get
the play out of the wheel,, you will get much better control going in , be
able to use the grip and exit at a higher speed. That's faster lap times.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Young" <cartravel@pobox.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: Learning to Drive
> We had a one hour Enduro at the CVAR race this past weekend. Bob Kramer
> and I decided to share the driving of my car. Bob is a previous owner
> of the car and a more experienced driver, so I thought it would be
> interesting to see what he could do with it. Sure enough, it took him
> only about 5 laps to get down to my best lap time after two years of
> struggling. He probably would have gone even faster if the race hadn't
> been cut short. So, I'm wondering how to improve. I've been through
> the CVAR school at TWS and a Stephen's Bros. school at Hallet. Both of
> these schools showed me "the line" for that course, but didn't explain
> "why". I'm sure there are those that have natural instincts for driving,
> but I'm not one of them. I feel like I need to understand a bit more
> about the physics of driving. I've read Carroll Smith's book "Drive to
> Win", but it's written for F1 wannabes and didn't do much for me. Can
> anyone recommend books or schools that might help?
> Thanks,
> Larry Young
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